Demographic and clinical characteristics of the three studied groups.

<p>Abbreviations: BMI (body mass index: before pregnancy for normotensive pregnant women and preeclamptic women), GWG (gestational weight gain), GA (gestational age), SBP (systolic blood pressure), DPB (diastolic blood pressure), NP (non-pregnant women), Norm (normotensive pregnant women), PE (preeclamptic women), N/A (not applicable). Note: n = total subjects.</p>a<p>Data are presented as median (25^th–75^th percentiles); ^bData are presented as mean ± standard deviation; ^cData are presented as number (percentage). ¹Kruskal-Wallis with <i>Bonferroni</i> correction; ²ANOVA with <i>post-hoc</i> LSD;³Pearson chi-square (χ²) test. *<i>p</i><0.05, **<i>p</i><0.017.